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Peter, Paul & Mary - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 31 ก.ค. 2011
- "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" is a 1957 folk song written by political singer/songwriter Ewan MacColl for Peggy Seeger, who was later to become his wife. At the time the couple were lovers, although MacColl was married to someone else.
MacColl wrote the song for Seeger, also a folk singer, after she asked him to pen a song for a play she was in. MacColl wrote the song and taught it to Seeger over the phone. The alternative version of the creation of this song is that MacColl was challenged by a friend to write a love song, with no politics. This song was the result.
Apparently there are 1.3K people whom are either deaf, don't appreciate amazing voices, or are jealous! I loved Peter, Paul, and Mary. They take me back to the better, more innocent days, of America... when music touched your soul.
There is no way to count the numbers of people who were born without a sense of great music. Those are the ones who think getting stoned and vomiting at Kiss concerts is the way to go
Yes--Julie--the first time, still haunts this 77-year-old man to this day--RIP dear one. This song brought a tears to my eyes. Can't wait to I see you again--and that beautiful smile.
Pure talent. No costumes, no dancing, no gimmicks, no special effects. Just talent.
Thanks Linda for checking in.
electricity, microphones amd speakers, aww, i don't care........loved them.
The most beautiful of songs. Growing up in the sixties was good. Nothing better
That song, always, makes me cry as that was, exactly, how I felt the first time I met my husband to be. My roommate insisted I meet her fiance's best buddy who had just arrived back from two years in Australia having been playing there & just returned to the states. I fought tooth & nail with my roommate that I did not do blind dates, but, when I met him the 1st time & saw his smile, I knew he was the one. I told him I was going to marry him on our 3rd date, I think. We married, many happy years together & he died 7 yrs. ago & I miss him, terribly. This song is the most beautiful song I have ever heard & does, indeed, stir up those wonderful memories.
Hearts that are united through the medium of sorrow
will not be separated by the glory of happiness.
Love that is cleansed by tears
will remain eternally pure and beautiful.
~ Kahlil Gibran's Little Book of Love
Those who change us never leave us. God bless you Meta.
'Journey of Souls' by (the late) Dr Michael Newton, is about our 'life between lives' which many of us believe is our real home where we return to reside with our loved ones.
An eternity of waiting in life, so it seems, to be reunited forever afterwards. The sweet addiction of the brightest light, true love.
What a beautiful love story, Meta! And I'm so sorry that you lost your husband -- it can be such a tough journey, and hopefully those wonderful memories of your life keep a glow in your heart now. The song just takes my breath away. This version and Roberta Flack's version are amazing and they conjure up so many intense feelings and memories.
Mary Travers' voice is so beautiful. And the 3 of them together just perfect.
In 1966 I was 15 years old and working as an usher at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City Mo. Peter Paul and Mary were playing a concert and my best friend and I were asked to take soft drinks to their dressing room before the show. When we entered the room to set the tray of drinks down PP&M were playing & singing a song, I assume they were warming up before the performance. Mary was sitting facing the door. She looked at me and smiled. What a beautiful lady she was!
Your story gave me chills. Awesome
I’ve been married to my wife for nearly 60 years and I still think of her when I hear this song.
My lovely Jo died 21 years ago and this song always reminds me of the first time we met in 1997. I still miss her.
You are very fortunate to still have such love and to have had this for 60 years thus far!
That’s lovely!
this is one of the most beautiful love songs i have ever heard. just a perfect song.
She had wonderful contralto voice, almost a tenor. A most beautiful female vocal range! I grew up with these recordings in the 60's
De acuerdo en lo dicho. Era una voz excepcional, sus armonizaciones tambien lo fueron. Sin duda fueron una leccion de buena música para todos y un auténtico placer escucharlos. Gracias por aquellas bellisimas interpretaciones.
My Dad said this is how he felt about me when I was born and he died a month ago I can't wait to be with him again. I love you Dad ❤
Sixty plus years later and it does't get much better than this.
The first time I heard this MASTERPIECE was in 1972 (52 years ago). I was awed by Roberta Flack's flawless delivery, simply awed.
This is first time I've heard this rendition..Roberta does it beautifully..but I must say the harmonies are also beautiful..
This group marked my childhood with its marvelous melodies, its poetic lyrics and at the same time of protests.
Thanks Arnaldo for visiting the channel.
I saw them, past mid life, at Roy Thompson Hall, in Toronto ON, Canada. A friend and I sat in choir loft, behind them.. Mary did not disappoint~ she was in bare feet as she kept the beat! (She left our planet , shortly after, I felt even more privileged! Thx ISSER!)
Mary's voice was the voice of an angel. She melted my soul. So sweet, with such feeling. What a beautiful song, what a beautiful arrangement, what a outstanding performance! I love everything they ever did--never a off song. How wonderful is that?! How can ANYONE not love this?!! Some of the most perfect harmony ever created by human voice! My soul soars with the beauty of everything they ever sung.
I saw Mary Travers at the Danbury Mall in Connecticut.
@@virgorising7388 OMG. Small world. I lived in Brewster NY from '71-72 just 8 miles from Danbury. I saw all three of them here in Madison, WI at the Performing Arts Center. Great experience, eh?
Saw many rock concerts > from NYC , Saw Peter Paul and Mary in 1991 at queens college. One of the best concerts i saw
and she's not cute like most chicks she a beauty
Such a beautiful articulation of the impact Mary and the group had on my life l Thank you, Michael.
One of the best folk singing groups ever in my opinion.👍👍
Not enough things soothe the soul in 2022. This absolutely does. Thank you PP+M.
I wanted to post a comment, but yours spoke perfectly to how this performance makes me feel. No need to add anything.
No computer nonsense, just pure magic. Lovely voices blended together, a gift to us all.
Love when cash sang it also
yup, no auto-tune
Fue mi inspiracion. Inolvidable voz. Tuvo lo que se define como "un oído absoluto" para ejecutar cada nota musical exactamente, la precisa y no otra, cuando se canta a tres voces. Algo especialísimo reservado a muy pocos. Yo tambien lo tuve. Mary: digna de memoria eterna. Gracias.
You nailed it in so few words.
People were just gentler then, so elegant and low key chic. What a pure, beautiful song and such lovely humans.
Where do you live? The old good days 😉Our parent had them, we got them, our kids get them. Thats life👍🥂🇦🇺
Urm.... we were making nuclear bombs 😕
My thoughts exactly! Loving, peaceful, respectful, beauty,: I miss those traits in music and mostly in the human race. We can be saints and/or sinners, or both, fighting inside: feed the saint, love the sinner, hate the sin. We can be so much more than we think...if only.
Yes it is always nice to have TH-cam 🧁 and emojis 🍁
Peter, Paul, and Mary❤️😭❤️😭❤️
They don’t make love songs like this anymore.
They were such an amazing group. Active in social justice and incredible musicians.
Hello,how are you doing?
You're right, I think. Sincerity can't be manufactured; it's honest and undiluted by life's experiences.
What an epic trio they were.. thank God for their beautiful harmonies..
Simply breathtaking. The harmony, the lyrics, the music. This is what music should be.
She had the most powerful voice of any woman ever. A sad day when we lost her. So happy I got to see them live.
Rest in peace Mary Travers, we all miss you. Thank you Noel & Peter for giving us this terrific performance with Mary which will long be your legacy together. I am glad I got to meet and interact with the three of you in New Orleans 30+ years ago. That was a night my wife and I will never forget.
“the first time ever I kissed your mouth” is such a beautiful expression of love. Wonderful.
Losing someone through death , this is such an emotional declaration of memories and love.
No smoke and mirrors, just brilliance and class.
That line made me wonder as a young boy, what kissing Mary Travers would be like. It’s a thought still with me though I’m nearly 70.
I totally agree. At age75 I still think of kissing Mary Travis
Ewan MacColl used a similar phrase in his beautiful and descriptive song "Sweet Thames Flow Softly"
"At London Yard I held her hand
At Blackwall Point I faced her
At the Isle of Dogs I kissed her mouth
And tenderly embraced her"
It's a story of a man falling in love as he makes his way down the river with his new found love, only to see the love gently slip away as the river meets the tide and heads off to sea!! th-cam.com/video/zmn5pOxb2iM/w-d-xo.html
No smoke and mirrors, just brilliance and class.
real three-part harmony, and a belief in the message
The last time I saw them, M, wasn't looking so good, but the energy was still there.
I so appreciate this. I was too young when it was popular, now I get to appreciate the art and talent. So beautiful!
Debra Miller: We need more brilliance and class like that now plus less smoke and mirrors!!
Smoke & mirrors are used in place of talent & passion...
In those days singers could sing and musicians could play. Peter, Paul and Mary epitomized this musicianship.
Thanks for tuning in.
I am so glad that TH-cam allows us to remember such wonderful music.
A truly beautiful woman singing a beautiful song.... Nothing else needed!
P.S. : I still grieve the loss of Mary Travers. She had a voice like no other. Brilliant !
God bless you Mary thanks for the memories I had just joined the navy when this came out thank you for the memories 🙏🙏❤️
Peter Paul and Mary had such great harmonies. To bad such music is not done today.
Mary had it all. This trio plays it as well as it can be done. A word for the bass player also, who really compliments the song. Fantastic.
I love this rendition. It just flows like two people totally in love. Hand in hand looking into each others' eyes. I'll be married 42 years this month and I still feel this way about my wife. I get chills when she comes in.
Long lasting passion and love, my love and I will be married 45 years in April.i know exactly how you feel, I still have butterflies and blush, I love you Gregory.congrats to you and your lucky wife 💕
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Truly mate, you are blessed. Thanks for sharing.
Wow... not many can say that.
P.s. That feeling when she comes in... she hasn't wired your chair to the mains has she? Muttering "the twats still here!" as she flips the switch in the kitchen, ;-)
Awww! That is so sweet! I hope you tell her in words how she makes you feel. We have been married 49 years, and my husband is very good to me, but I long to hear loving words from him, and not just loving actions. 👍❤️
Now, THAT was music...😍😍😍
Hi Uta💐💐
Timeless and classic talent.
Thanks for checking in with us.
Great song and great group! Like the Seekers, the female is the lead singer and the key singer! Mary Travers was marvelous!
Mary Travers wasn't the lead singer. She was an add-on brought in to broaden the duo's appeal. She had trouble singing with Peter and Paul at first because unlike them she wasn't a trained singer. When she first joined the group all she did was backup vocals. She was brought in at first mainly for her appearance.
And both Peter and Paul take the lead on some songs. Do any of the Seekers men do so?
@@robertewalt7789 Yes! Bruce Woodley was the lead singer n some of the songs.
Mary was taken from all of us too, too early! What a special folk trio! Thank you PP and M for all your music through the years ... time moves forward and your music with time!!
Beautiful song. It reminds me of the first time ever I saw my wife to be face.
Mary, I love your voice, your passion, and your hair. Rest in peace, beautiful lady.
Even as a little kid I always had a crush on Mary. Almost 70 and still do.
Ditto, my friend.
Simple, clear music lost in the wind. Thank God for the purified music. Praise the Lord.
Thanks for checking in with us.
The quality speaks for itself. Side note and personal opinion: Damn, Mary was beautiful!!!
Timeless, simply amazing and oh so beautiful! Loved this trio!❤️❤️❤️
Thanbks Naomi for checking in with us.
For anybody born this century - This is what you can talent. No gimmicks.
Mary T. makes any song she sings in live, breathe, take on a life of its own, & become magical, majestic , heavenly... thx for all the songs & memories Mary T...
*R.i.P.*
Tears in my eyes. Love from France 💐
Hi Maria💐💐
@@Bandyz5226 hi Andy !
Life was easy then. Blessed to have lived then.
Mary is gone now ; we shall never see her again ;; Her music will live on for ever;; RIP my dear;;
My long gone youth!!! I love them...
Statements like yours seem final.very sad.i often think like that.i agree with you.
There is a spirit world so you will see her again
Whose we?
The "Mary Travers" queue in the spirit world is bound to be long..
I've never seen them before. Gorgeous and skilful harmonies. Mary is a beauty too.
She was to her last performance!! Those eyes! That blonde mane!❤
I miss my father 3ys passed mother plays this and Cry. But not of lost but of love I'd like to believe.
By FAR the best rendition of this song! SOOO, mellow.
There will never be a group like Peter Paul and Mary that excited and involved their audiance when they performed.
Three voices. That were are pure magic
I saw them in small clubs and Carnegie hall and peace marches. They could perform with mikes and still sound wonderful
The Seekers
The Seekers
The all time best version of this song. The guitar accompaniment is exquisite and the harmonies just perfect.
This is good, but the definitive version must be by Roberta Flack.
The version by Gordon Lightfoot with just an acoustic guitar and voice is my favorite.
I thought they f*d it up pretty good. Essholes
@@Rob-fs8vq F yeah man, no comparison with these freaks
No chance . Roberta owns this. Nothing comes remotely close to it. You need to sort your ears out.
The first time ever I saw your face
I thought the sun rose in your eyes
And the moon and stars were the gifts you gave
To the dark and the empty skies my love
To the dark and the empty skies
The first time ever I kissed your mouth
I felt the earth move in my hand
Like the trembling heart of a captive bird
That was there at my command my love
That was there at my command
The first time ever I held you near
And felt your heartbeat close to mine
I thought our joy would fill the world
And would last till the end of time my love
And would last till the end of time
So beautiful, RIP Mary.
These three were the sound of my youth. I was fortunate enough to see PP&M live a few years back. Their voices were still so compelling. I miss Mary so much.
Mary was just so beautiful. She sounded like an angel from heaven. So clean so pure. So soft and so womanly. There is a kindness and sentiment in those eyes. A true woman and so absolutely rare these days.
eloquently put! I agree
One of the most beautiful songs and the best version
The best version, without doubt, is Roberta Flack's 1969..
They were the sounds of my youth as my mother played guitar and sang all their songs and my cousins came up from Newton ma and played on holidays. Folk music was the thing back then and Mom played beautiful guitar and sang wonderful. Gosh I cherish those memories.
If you are 15-20 years old and here listening to this song, congratulations you have my respect. We need young people like you so that our real music can continue to exist. May 2020
20 years old and wishing I'd been alive in the 60s to appreciate Peter, Paul and Mary in their prime! Replaying this video will have to suffice. Their work will forever touch people :)
@@flavianna3241 congratulations !
the greatest trio of all time no one even close
I saw Peter, Paul, & Mary in concert a few times, and I was lucky enough to see what turned out to be the last concert they ever gave, not long before Mary Travers passed away. Always loved them.
Hello,how are you doing?
Beautiful
When I saw them in person was bout 58 years ago...my generation had it's good moments !
Wasn't she BEAUTIFUL!! And one of the most haunting clear voices of the 20th century. (Another being Karen Carpenter) Both of whom Rest in Peace!
yes her and Karen Carpenter were possibly the greatest singers of a generation
KyranI an Geraghty my two favourites, both bring me to tears with their hauntingly beautiful voices.
I can't believe she was ever that small, from that point her weight exploded beyond control, bad diet and on the road all those early years.
GoatDriver Ram she looks like Niko
On the one hand, I am happy to hearing it, on the other hand, I am so sad for the artists passed away...
I don’t stop listening to the 50s, 60s & 70 s music. Actually the 1940’s so full of love too...50’s fun music.
They had such beautiful harmony. I was always fascinated by Mary Travers’ voice. She had such a deep voice for a woman.
A contralto that could do a male tenor
What a gal
You're right, she's beautiful and god gave her an absolut wonderful voice.
When this song came out on a PP & M album, my friend and I "back engineered" it and deduced all the guitar chords and the actual guitar parts and then wrote down the harmonies for each voice for the three verses. When it came to actually doing the song it was so beautiful and emotional I would often get a lump in my throat singing the words. I still have all that in my archives and I still love this song. Such a sensitive rendition.
Thanks Peter for sharing your experience with this song.
Paul is playing the bass line?
Saw them in concert in high school. They were so good live. Such a big part of the early folk song era. All you needed was a guitar, a few chords and you could sing a beautiful song. PPM were stellar. Pitch perfect and vibrant with such a great raport between them.
Never in my life did I ever suspect that, Roberta Flacks most memorable and most iconic songs was written, by a Scottish song writer !!! WOW.
He was actually born and raised in England by Scottish parents. He is also the father of Kirsty McColl and wrote Dirty Old Town, made famous by The Pogues.
What a lucky woman to have someone write a song like that for you.
The great Mary Travers was a true beauty with an angelic voice and tremendous talent.
I absolutely agree, Mr. Eastwood. Flacks version is in a movie of your's. "Unforgiven" is superb.
This soulful rendition is a revelation! So gentle, so harmonious.
Best Folk Singers ever!! My favorite ! 🎶😊
Hello,how are you doing?
For me, Mary still lives when I hear her voice from my youth.
Thanks for checking in Paul & Happy Fourth.
RIP beautiful Mary, your wonderful music will live on!
i never knew she died..damn
Mary's voice is so calming, so beautiful.
History repeats itself
Special lyrics! .... Always beautiful!
Roberta Flack made something completely different out of this song , but they're both exquisitely done. Wow
Iris Gross I thought the same. I’d never heard this version.
Roberta’s version is exquisitely haunting
@dbltrplx thanks. I didn't know.
And Celine so which one do you like the best?
@MusicMadMaurice Ah
I remember, last there! ❤️💛💚👊🏼
A beautiful song, from a wonderful group. Bring back the old days when millions of dollars did not come first, but amazing singing and music mattered most just like this song.Thanks for uploading.
Such a beautiful woman in so many ways...I miss her
Such beautiful harmonising - something we have lost since back then.
Lovely. Uplifting.
One of the most beautiful songs to be sung..ever!
God was I in love with Mary... she was one of the greatest female folk singers ever.
Wonderful hip cool singers and the guys
You had to trust each other to do live shows with that harmony. Real performers
Fabulous voices...all three ! We miss Mary !
2:45 this is my first time hearing this version of Peter Paul and Mary do this song... I have to say that my first favorite singer though is Roberta Flack.. her version of the song kills me. This has its own sweet, folk-y flavor to it.. which is beautiful in its own right..❤
No collection of words I could imagine would accurately describe the beauty of this performance . . .
One lonely night in 1968, this track helped me set some kind of record for continuous replays of a song on vinyl. It still just makes me melt.
Thanks for checking out the site and for sharing your thoughts.
Kudos to Ewan MacColl for his composition! The singers...Peter, Paul and Mary touch me most with their arrangement. Really like them all!
Awesome lyrics, takes us back nostalgically to our adolescent angst when most of us valued song and cheer above gold , so long.....
My dad recommended me to listen PPM's songs. I'm obsessed. I love how their voices blend perfectly. 😍 This is why I prefer old songs.
Too many greats have passed.
Their legacy is the music as only they could sing it.
Just fabulous. The combination of a nylon and steel strung guitar is amazing and coupled with the voice of Mary Travers is amazing. So beautiful.
I keep forgetting how wonderful this group was. Thank you for putting this on TH-cam!
I first heard this stunning song when l was 15yrs old and l still listen to it today. Mary had a voice that could break your heart and make you cry it still does that. Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful video. X. 😊😊🐱🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
This is exactly how I felt about the love of my life. We didn't last until the end of time, but my love for him will.
So sorry to hear that. :'(
Thanks Ann for visiting The Hammer Works.
Wonderful... Hard to describe the yearning to times when -- singing was real.
I agree, but Miley's song flowers is the best I've heard for some time. She can sing.
The lyric, " the first time ever I kissed your mouth ...I felt the earth move in my hand like the trembling heart of a captive bird "...breaks my heart every time I hear it ..the imagery is so beautiful... to feel that much emotion when you have the first kiss with your new lover.
8 saw Peter Paula and Mary in the early 70s in Springfield and thought she was the most beautiful woman ever. I still cherish the memory
Hello Sue, How are you doing?